I remember watching Cheers reruns as a kid. She had a bit of infamy later with her politics and Scientology involvement, but I enjoyed her as a performer. RIP.
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Oh wow. She had issues, but she was unique.
All of these celebrity deaths recently, have made me pause and reflect how our movement in history was a blur. These entertainers were involved in our lives via shows that came and entered our day by emoting joy, sadness, passion and entertainment. RIP
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Oh nooo… we lose another. She was open with her flaws and that is something quite worthy. RIP.
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My husband did tape the last episode of Cheers and we did watch it recently. RIP.
Watching the reruns as a kid. Huh. Well, that’s just irritating to hear. 
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I loved her in Look WHO’s Talking and a few other things…like Cheers!
RIP
She was a Scientologist since 1979. Her politics were just that - her politics. If you read the tributes from her friends, especially her Cheers family, it is evident she was intensely loved.
I enjoyed her movies and TV roles. I followed her on Twitter. Her world view, rather than her politics, is what finally turned me off. When she said teaching open mindedness would create widespread support for pedophilia, then went on to double down by saying that teaching children to be open minded would create future pedophiles, it was just too much, so I quit following her.
Yet, I’m sorry to hear she has passed too young. And yes, she was well loved by family and many friends.
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Kirstie Alley had colon cancer prior to her death on Monday at age 71, a rep for Alley tells PEOPLE.
Colon cancer is one of the rare cancers that can be prevented with proper screening. I’ve procrastinated in the past myself with screening, so I understand when people delay. But it’s truly a blessing that we can find these polyps before they turn deadly. We owe it to our loved ones to stay on top of this! Not saying KA didn’t get screened, I have absolutely no idea what kind of philosophy she had about health and medicine.
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I also wondered if she had been screened especially at her age. I got diagnosed with colon cancer at age 48 before they changed the colonoscopy age to 45. It’s unusual for someone to die from colon cancer in such a short time since it is a slow growing cancer. It’s the young people who are at the greatest risk now since the screening age is 45.
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Wow, I don’t know her politics and I hope her death wasn’t painful, but at 71, I hope her physicians were proactive in her medical care.
I don’t want to go off on a tangent but . . . . .
At my last screening, two months ago, the physician removed several pre-cancerous polyps. I don’t have a problem with drinking 2 gallons of fluid to prepare for a procedure that I don’t even feel. Fluid vs. cancer? I’ll take the inconvenience and “embarrassment” of the fluids.
I hope that the importance of colon cancer screenings is emphasized within families and with the “public” who chooses to hear about it.
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Kirstie was a scientologist and as one probably avoided doctors. They believe in “mind over matter” to put it simply. Unfortunately that philosophy doesn’t work well with disease.
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